A MHz-repetition-rate hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a superconducting linear accelerator

W Decking, S Abeghyan, P Abramian, A Abramsky… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The European XFEL is a hard X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) based on a high-electron-
energy superconducting linear accelerator. The superconducting technology allows for the …

Operation of a free-electron laser from the extreme ultraviolet to the water window

W Ackermann, G Asova, V Ayvazyan, A Azima… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
We report results on the performance of a free-electron laser operating at a wavelength of
13.7 nm where unprecedented peak and average powers for a coherent extreme-ultraviolet …

[BOOK][B] The physics of free electron lasers

EL Saldin, EV Schneidmiller, MV Yurkov - 2013 - books.google.com
This book contains a systematic treatment of the basic principles of free elec tron laser (FEL)
physics. It is primarily intended for physicists specializing in FEL physics and related fields …

Atomic, molecular and optical physics applications of longitudinally coherent and narrow bandwidth Free-Electron Lasers

C Callegari, AN Grum-Grzhimailo, KL Ishikawa… - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Short wavelength Free-Electron Lasers (FELs) are among the newest light sources
available to scientists to probe a wide range of phenomena, with chemical, physical and …

[PDF][PDF] The potential of future light sources to explore the structure and function of matter

E Weckert - IUCrJ, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
Structural studies in general, and crystallography in particular, have benefited and still do
benefit dramatically from the use of synchrotron radiation. Low-emittance storage rings of the …

Statistical properties of radiation from VUV and X-ray free electron laser

EL Saldin, EA Schneidmiller, MV Yurkov - Optics communications, 1998 - Elsevier
The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the statistical properties of the radiation
from a self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) free electron laser operating in linear …

The European X-ray free-electron laser facility in Hamburg

M Altarelli - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
Activities on free-electron laser (FEL) X-ray sources, based on linear accelerators, to
produce spatially coherent, ultra-short (∼ 100fs) pulses with very high peak brilliance (1028 …

The history of X-ray free-electron lasers

C Pellegrini - The European Physical Journal H, 2012 - Springer
The successful lasing at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory of the Linear Coherent
Light Source (LCLS), the first X-ray free-electron laser (X-ray FEL), in the wavelength range …

Reconfigurable electronic circuits for magnetic fields controlled by structured light

K Jana, KR Herperger, F Kong, Y Mi, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dynamic control over the conduction band electrons of a semiconductor is a central
technological pursuit. Beyond electronic circuitry, flexible control over the spatial and …

X-ray free-electron lasers

J Feldhaus, J Arthur, JB Hastings - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
In a free-electron laser (FEL) the lasing medium is a high-energy beam of electrons flying
with relativistic speed through a periodic magnetic field. The interaction between the …